I'll completely gut the existing kitchen, and start from scratch. The pantry area is great, but the door to access it gets in the way of having a great seamless working kitchen layout...so I'll get my electrician to re route some wiring at the laundry room(which is adjacent to the pantry)...and create a new entry to the pantry from the side...removing the kitchen access door. This pantry might later become a half bath/pantry/storage area combination. People love more places to S Shower and Shave...and after I
complete the new deck on the back of the house,a half bath convenient to the deck will be highly desirable.